Texas School Survey Of Drug And Alcohol Use

Grapevine­Colleyville ISD

Secondary Executive Summary

Introduction

The Texas School Survey is an annual collection of self-reported tobacco, alcohol, inhalant, and
substance use data from among elementary and/or secondary students in individual districts throughout
the state of Texas. The survey, conducted by the Public Policy Research Institute (PPRI) in conjunction
with the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA), is also administered every other
year to a representative sample of Texas students in grades 4 through 6 and grades 7 through 12.

Data from the statewide sampling, administered in the Spring of 1998, are incorporated into an over-
time database maintained by TCADA to track trends in substance use so that policymakers at the state
level have up-to-date information upon which to base decisions and plot prevention strategies. These
data also serve as an overall standard of comparison for use by those at the district level to interpret,
and act upon, local survey findings in a similar way.

The executive summary begins with a section containing a general demographic overview of those who
took the survey in the participating district. This is followed by sections dealing with the various
substances covered by the survey---tobacco, alcohol, inhalants, and illicit drugs. The summary
concludes with a section that explores selected characteristics associated with substance use in the
district and a final one dealing with where students come by what they know about drugs and alcohol
and to whom they might turn if they thought they were having a problem.

For context, each section dealing with substance use will begin with a brief, over-time glimpse of the
statewide trends in the 1990's with regard to that substance. Use data are then sandwiched in between
subsections dealing with environment and, where the data are applicable, with behavior specifically
associated with substance use.

Items that are generally recognized as contributing to the environment in which substance use is most
likely to occur include availability, peer use, and parental attitudes. Included in the behavior category
are such things as "binge drinking" (the consuming of five or more alcoholic beverages at one time),
attending class drunk or stoned, use of alcohol or illicit drugs at parties, or operating a motor vehicle
while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

As for the actual, self-reported use of each substance, it is important to note the frequency of such use.
Is it experimental, a once-in-a-lifetime thing? Is it casual use, a once-in-a-while behavior? Or is it
regular use, a monthly, weekly, or---in the case of tobacco products in particular---a daily habit?
Further, use data are used to differentiate between those who smoke cigarettes from those who use a
smokeless tobacco product, those who drink beer from those who drink wine coolers, those who sniff
correction fluid from those who sniff glue, and those who smoke marijuana from those who snort
powdered cocaine.

Two final points should be noted about the data. First, due to the differences in rounding procedures,
there may be slight discrepancies between the percentages referred to in the tables and those reflected in
the executive summary and in the corresponding figures. Second, some data in this report are marked
with an asterisk. Data so marked are estimated to be statistically significant at the .01 level from the
comparable data for the state as a whole. This means that in only one of a hundred samples would a
difference this large have occurred when there was no difference between the district and state data.
Differences in very small districts will seldom be statistically significant due to the small number of
cases. Differences that are not marked may be important, but should be treated with more caution than
those that are statistically significant.

The percentages referred to in the executive summary that follows were taken from the tables found in
"Part I: District Survey Results." Figures referenced throughout this report are included in "Part III:
Executive Summary."

Demographic Overview

In the Spring of 1998, the Texas School Survey was administered to students in grades 7 through 12 in
the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District (GCISD). Texas School Survey protocols,
formulated to ensure that the data used in this analysis has an acceptable probability of error, called for
the district to administer the survey to all of the students. The accuracy of the data requires that school
staff administering the survey followed the protocols and, because the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD did
not survey all students (based on the student population figures provided by the district), it must be
further presumed that a reliable sampling method was employed by district officials to determine which
students at which class levels would take the survey.

A total of 4153 students completed the questionnaire. Of that number, 143 surveys were excluded from
analysis because students did not indicate their grade or age, or because they were identified as
exaggerators (i.e., claimed to have used a non-existent drug or reported overly excessive drug use).
The final number of surveys included in the overall district analysis was 3990, consisting of:

• Nineteen percent who are 7th graders, 19 percent who are 8th graders, 17 percent who are 9th
graders, 16 percent who are 10th graders, 15 percent who are 11th graders, and 13 percent who are
12th graders;

• A fairly even split of male (53 percent) and female (47 percent) students;

• An ethnic breakdown that is predominantly white (85 percent), 5 percent Mexican-American, 3

percent Asian-American, 2 percent African-American, 1 percent Native American, and 4 percent
other;

• Nearly three-quarters who say they live in a two-parent home (73 percent), and 70 percent who

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• Over three-quarters who say their parent(s) are college graduates (76 percent), and 4 percent who
indicate they qualify for free/reduced lunches at school.

Tobacco

General tobacco use includes both cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products. Between 1990 and
1996, those secondary students statewide who have reported experimental use of tobacco products has
stayed relatively flat at just over 50 percent. On the other hand, the prevalence of those secondary
students reporting past-month use inched upward from 1992 through 1996. This upward trend in more
recent use appears to have leveled off in 1998, however.

Overall, the general use of tobacco products, cigarettes in particular, among Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
7th and 8th grade students in 1998 was lower than that reported by their counterparts statewide, while
such use among GCISD students in grades 9, 10, and 11 was similar to that indicated by their peers
statewide, and the general use of tobacco and cigarettes among district 12th grade students was higher
than that indicated by 12th grade students statewide.

Environment. Nearly three-quarters of GCISD students (73 percent) reported that cigarettes are
somewhat or very easy to get (73 percent statewide). Less than a fifth of Grapevine-Colleyville
students (18* percent) said most or all of their close friends smoke cigarettes, compared to the 22
percent indicated by students statewide.

Well over half of district students (57* percent) indicated that smokeless tobacco products are
somewhat or very easy to get, a rate higher than that reported by students statewide (50 percent). Four
percent of GCISD students said most or all of their close friends use smokeless tobacco (4 percent
statewide).

Students were asked about parental attitudes toward the use of cigarettes by “kids your age.” Eighty-
seven* percent of GCISD students said their parents strongly or mildly disapprove of kids smoking (79
percent statewide), and 3* percent of district students said they "don't know" how their parents feel
about kids their age smoking cigarettes (8 percent statewide); rates higher and lower, respectively, than
those indicated by students statewide. Eight percent said their parents neither approve nor disapprove
of kids their age smoking cigarettes (9 percent statewide).

Just over a third of Grapevine-Colleyville students (34* percent) believe that tobacco use is "very
dangerous," a rate lower than that indicated by students statewide (40 percent) (Fig. 15).

Use. Less than half of Grapevine-Colleyville students (48* percent) reported general tobacco use at
least once during their lifetimes (55 percent statewide) (Fig. 1). The rates of experimental use of
tobacco products were lower than those reported by their peers statewide among district 7th graders
(25* percent/40 percent statewide) and 8th graders (33* percent/50 percent statewide). Just under
three-quarters of GCISD 12th grade students (72* percent) said they had used a tobacco product at
least one time during their lives, a rate higher than that indicated by 12th grade students statewide (63

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percent statewide) (Fig. 3).

Less than a quarter of Grapevine-Colleyville ISD students (23* percent) said they had used a tobacco
product during the past month (26 percent statewide) (Fig. 2). The rates of past-month general tobacco
use were nearly half those indicated by their counterparts statewide among GCISD 7th grade students
(7* percent/16 percent statewide) and 8th grade students (11* percent/21 percent statewide). Forty-
three* percent of district 12th grade students said they had used a tobacco product during the past
month, a rate higher than that reported by 12th graders statewide (36 percent) (Fig. 4).

Less than half of Grapevine-Colleyville students (47* percent) reported smoking cigarettes at least once
during their lifetimes (53 percent statewide), while 22* percent said they had smoked cigarettes during
the past month (25 percent statewide); rates lower than those indicated by students statewide. Ten*
percent of GCISD students reported smoking cigarettes on a daily basis, compared to the 8 percent
indicated by students statewide. Daily cigarette use, an obvious indicator of habit-forming behavior,
was lower than that indicated by their peers statewide among Grapevine-Colleyville ISD 7th graders
(1* percent/2 percent statewide) and 8th graders (2* percent/5 percent statewide). A quarter of district
12th grade students (25* percent) reported smoking cigarettes on a daily basis, a rate a good deal
higher than that indicated by 12th grade students statewide (15 percent).

Experimental use of smokeless tobacco products was reported by 14 percent of GCISD students (14
percent statewide), 5 percent said they had used a smokeless tobacco product during the past month (5
percent statewide), and 1 percent reported using a smokeless tobacco product on a daily basis (1
percent statewide).

Alcohol

Alcohol is the most widely used substance among students statewide and in the Grapevine-Colleyville
ISD. As the decade began, 81 percent of secondary students statewide reported experimental alcohol
use. This lifetime prevalence rate inched downward in 1992 (76 percent) and again in 1994 (74
percent), stayed flat in 1996 (74 percent), and declined further in 1998 (72 percent). The rate of
alcohol use in the past month among secondary students statewide was 43 percent in 1990, dropped to
37 percent in 1992, inched back upward to 39 percent in 1994, and has stayed relatively flat through
1996 and 1998 (38 percent).

Overall, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD students were drinking alcohol in 1998 at rates lower than those
reported by their peers statewide. These lower rates were particularly prevalent among those GCISD
students in grades 7, 8, and 9.

Environment. Twenty-nine* percent of district students reported most or all of their close friends
drink alcohol, compared to the 38 percent indicated by students statewide. Just over three-quarters of
GCISD students (77 percent) said beer, wine, wine coolers, or liquor were somewhat easy or very easy
to obtain (75 percent statewide).

Students who said they consume alcohol were asked where they obtained it most of the time or always.

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Just under a third of district students (32* percent) said they obtain alcohol "at parties" (42 percent
statewide), while 32* percent also responded that they get it "from friends" (37 percent statewide);
rates lower than those indicated by students statewide. Thirteen percent of Grapevine-Colleyville
students reported they get alcohol "from the store" (14 percent statewide).

Parental attitudes can be a major factor in whether or not a student uses alcohol. When asked how their
parents feel about kids their age drinking beer, 87* percent of Grapevine-Colleyville students said their
parents strongly or mildly disapprove, in contrast to the 79 percent indicated by students statewide.
Seven* percent of district students said their parents neither approve nor disapprove of kids their age
drinking beer (9 percent), and 3* percent said they "don't know" how their parents feel about kids their
age drinking beer (8 percent statewide); rates lower than those reported by students statewide (Fig. 16).

Less than half of GCISD students (41* percent) feel that it is "very dangerous" to use alcohol (44
percent statewide) (Fig. 15).

Use. Just under two-thirds of Grapevine-Colleyville students (63* percent) reported consuming alcohol
at least once during their lifetimes, compared to the 72 percent indicated by students statewide (Fig. 1).
The rates of lifetime alcohol use were lower than that reported by their peers statewide among GCISD
7th graders (34* percent/55 percent statewide), 8th graders (50* percent/67 percent statewide), and
10th graders (70* percent/78 percent statewide). The highest rate of experimental alcohol use was
reported among district 12th graders (85 percent/83 percent statewide) (Fig. 5).

Thirty* percent of Grapevine-Colleyville ISD students said they had consumed alcohol during the past
month, in contrast to the 38 percent indicated by students statewide (Fig. 2). The rates of past-month
alcohol use were lower than those indicated by their counterparts statewide among GCISD 7th graders
(10* percent/22 percent statewide), 8th graders (17* percent/31 percent statewide), 9th graders (32*
percent/39 percent statewide), and 10th graders (36* percent/44 percent statewide). The highest rate
of past-month alcohol use was reported among district 12th graders (51 percent/52 percent statewide)
(Fig. 6).

The alcoholic beverages most often consumed by Grapevine-Colleyville students are beer (50*
percent/57 percent statewide) and wine coolers (48* percent/60 percent statewide). Thirty* percent of
GCISD students said they drink beer on a weekly or monthly basis (36 percent statewide), and 26*
percent said they drink wine coolers weekly or monthly (35 percent statewide); rates lower than those
indicated by students statewide.

Behavior Associated With Use. "Binge drinking" is the consumption of five or more beers, wine
coolers, servings of wine, or drinks with liquor at one time. GCISD students are "binge drinking" wine
coolers and, somewhat less so, beer at rates lower than those reported by their counterparts statewide.
Just under a third of Grapevine-Colleyville ISD students (31* percent) reported "binge drinking" beer at
least once during their lifetimes (36 percent statewide), while 15 percent said they usually drink five or
more beers at a time on average when they drink (17 percent statewide). One-time "binge drinking" of
wine coolers was reported by 31* percent of GCISD students (39 percent statewide), while 12*
percent said they usually drink five or more wine coolers at a time on average when they drink (15
percent statewide).

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Eight* percent of Grapevine-Colleyville students reported attending at least one class during the past
school year while "drunk" (10 percent statewide). The rates of attending class while intoxicated were
lower than those indicated by their counterparts statewide among GCISD 7th graders (3*
percent/percent statewide) and 8th graders (5* percent/10 percent statewide). Thirteen percent of
district 12th grade students said they had attended at least one class during the past school year while
"drunk" (11 percent statewide) (Figs. 11a and 11b).

Fifteen percent of GCISD 9th through 12th grade students said that they had driven a car after having
"a good bit to drink" at least once during the past year (14 percent statewide). The highest rate of
driving while intoxicated was reported by Grapevine-Colleyville 12th graders (29 percent/25 percent
statewide). Four* percent ofGCISD 9th grade students said that they had driven a car after having "a
good bit to drink" at least once during the past year, nearly half the rate indicated by 9th grade students
statewide (7 percent). Driving while intoxicated four or more times during the past year was reported
by 4 percent of district 9th through 12th graders (4 percent statewide) (Fig. 13).

Just under a third of Grapevine-Colleyville students (32* percent) said alcohol was used at most or all
of the parties they attended in the past school year, compared to the 38 percent reported by students
statewide. The rates of alcohol use at most or all parties were lower than those reported by their peers
statewide among GCISD 7th graders (4* percent/12 percent statewide), 8th graders (11* percent/21
percent statewide), and 9th graders (31* percent/39 percent statewide) (Figs. 14a and 14b).

One percent of GCISD students said they had gotten into trouble with their teacher because of alcohol
use at least once during the past school year (1 percent statewide), while 5 percent reported they had
gotten in trouble with the police because of their alcohol use during the past year (4 percent statewide),
and 9 percent said they had "difficulties of any kind" with friends because of one's own drinking (9
percent statewide).

Illicit Drugs

Illicit drugs are defined as controlled substances and include marijuana, cocaine (powdered form and
crack), uppers (stimulants), downers (narcotics), Rohypnol, hallucinogens, ecstasy, and heroin.

In 1990, as part of a general downward trend in the use of these substances, a quarter of secondary
students statewide (25 percent) reported experimental use of an illegal drug and 10 percent said they
had used an illegal substance during the past month. This downward trend bottomed out in 1992, as 22
percent of secondary students reported lifetime use of any illicit substance and 8 percent indicated past-
month use. The use of marijuana by this student population closely paralleled this overall trend. As the
decade began, 23 percent of secondary students statewide reported that they had smoked marijuana at
least once and 8 percent indicated they had done so in the previous month. Two years later, as the
downward trend bottomed out, 20 percent of 7th through 12th graders said they had experimented with
marijuana at least once and 7 percent reported past-month use.

In 1994, however, these prevalence rates began to climb---most particularly with regard to past-month
use. Thus, 28 percent of this student population indicated use of an illegal drug at least once in their
lifetimes, while more recent use nearly doubled from that reported two years earlier---to 14 percent. By

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1996, experimental use of illicit substances had climbed to 34 percent and 18 percent said they had used
such a substance in the previous month. In the most recent assessment, the lifetime use inched up to 36
percent, but the past-month use edged down to 15 percent. Again, marijuana use mirrors these trends.
In 1994, 25 percent of secondary students statewide said they had experimented with marijuana and 12
percent indicated they had done so in the last thirty days. Two years later, these prevalence rates
climbed up again, to 31 percent for lifetime use and 16 percent for past-month use. And, in 1998, well
over a third (35 percent) of this student population had smoked marijuana at least once, although more
recent use was slightly lower than that which had been reported during the previous assessment (15
percent).

Overall, the use of illicit drugs, and of marijuana in particular, among Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
secondary students in 1998 was lower than that reported by their counterparts statewide, although such
use among GCISD 12th grade students was higher than that indicated by their peers statewide.

Environment. Students were asked how available they believed certain substances were to obtain.
Less than half of GCISD students (44* percent) said marijuana was somewhat or very easy to obtain
(50 percent statewide), while 21* percent indicated that powdered cocaine was easily accessible (25
percent statewide); rates lower than those indicated by students statewide. A fifth of district students
believe that uppers (22 percent/21 percent statewide) and downers (22 percent/21 percent statewide)
are easily accessible to them, while 18 percent said they believed heroin was somewhat or very easy to
obtain (16 percent statewide).

With regard to the question of the effects of peer influence on substance use, 13* percent of GCISD
students reported most or all of their close friends smoke marijuana, a rate lower than that indicated by
students statewide (20 percent).

When asked about parental attitudes toward marijuana use, Grapevine-Colleyville students reported a
disapproval rate of 93* percent, compared to the 87 percent indicated by students statewide. Three*
percent of district students said they "don't know" how their parents feel about kids their age using
marijuana (7 percent statewide), while 3* percent said their parents neither approve nor disapprove (4
percent statewide); rates lower than those reported by students statewide (Fig. 16).

Fifty-nine percent of Grapevine-Colleyville students believe that marijuana use is "very dangerous" (58
percent statewide). As for how students view the risks associated with the use of other illicit
substances, 87 percent of district students believe that powdered cocaine use is "very dangerous" (86
percent statewide), 90 percent feel that the use of crack is "very dangerous" (88 percent statewide), and
92* percent believe that heroin is “very dangerous” (89 percent statewide) (Fig. 15).

Use. In the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, 29* percent of students reported experimental use of an illicit
drug (36 percent statewide), and 27* percent of GCISD students reported smoking marijuana at least
once in their lifetimes (35 percent statewide); aggregate rates that reflect lower individual rates at every
grade level, with the exception of those in grade 12, than those indicated by students statewide (Fig. 1).
Lifetime marijuana use was lowest among Grapevine-Colleyville 7th graders (7* percent/17 percent
statewide). The highest rate of experimental marijuana use was reported among district 12th grade
students, at a rate (53* percent) higher than that indicated by 12th grade students statewide (46
percent) (Fig. 9).

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Past-month marijuana use was reported by 12* percent of Grapevine-Colleyville ISD students, in
contrast to the 15 percent indicated by students statewide (Fig. 2). The rates of past-month marijuana
use were lower than those indicated by their counterparts statewide among district 7th graders (3*
percent/7percent statewide), 8th graders (6* percent/12 percent statewide), and 9th graders (11*
percent/17 percent statewide). A quarter of GCISD 12th grade students (25* percent) said they had
smoked marijuana during the past month, a rate higher than that reported by 12th grade students
statewide (19 percent) (Fig. 10).

Other illicit substances are used by a smaller number of Grapevine-Colleyville ISD students. Nine
percent of GCISD students said they had used powdered cocaine (8 percent statewide), 9 percent
reported using uppers (8 percent statewide), 9* percent said they had used hallucinogens (7 percent
statewide), 7 percent said they had used downers (6 percent statewide), 6* percent reported using
ecstasy (4 percent statewide), 5* percent indicated they had used Rohypnol (7 percent statewide), 3
percent indicated they had used crack (3 percent statewide), 3 percent reported using heroin (2 percent
statewide), and 2 percent said they had used steroids (2 percent statewide) at least once during their
lifetimes (Fig. 1).

Behavior Associated with Use. Nine* percent of GCISD students reported attending at least one
class in the past year while "stoned" on marijuana, compared to the 13 percent reported by students
statewide. The rates of class attendance while stoned were lower than those indicated by their peers
statewide among Grapevine-Colleyville 7th graders (3* percent/8 percent statewide), 8th graders (4*
percent/12 percent statewide), and 9th graders (11* percent/16 percent statewide) (Figs. 12a and 12b).

Driving under the influence of drugs at least once during the past year was reported by 12 percent of
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD 9th through 12th grade students (12 percent statewide). The rates of driving
under the influence of drugs were lower than those indicated by their counterparts statewide among
GCISD 9th graders (4* percent/8 percent statewide) and 10th graders (7* percent/11 percent
statewide). Nearly a quarter of Grapevine-Colleyville 12th grade students (24* percent) said they had
operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs at least one time during the past year, a rate
higher than that indicated by 12th grade students statewide (18 percents). Driving while stoned four or
more times during the past year was reported by 3 percent of district 9th through 12th graders (5
percent statewide).

Seventeen* percent of the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD students said that marijuana and/or other drugs
were used at most or all of the parties they attended during the school year, an aggregate rate that
reflects lower individual rates at every grade level---except for those in grade 12---than those indicated
by students statewide (23 percent). The use of marijuana and/or other drugs at most or all parties was
highest among district 12th graders (31 percent/33 percent statewide).

One* percent of GCISD students said they had gotten into trouble with their teacher because of illicit
drug use at least once during the past school year (2 percent statewide), while 3 percent reported they
had gotten in trouble with the police because of their use of illegal drugs during the past year (3 percent
statewide), and 6 percent of district students said they had gotten into "difficulties of any kind" with
their friends during the past year because of their own drug use (6 percent statewide).

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Inhalants

In general, inhalants are common, licit substances (paints, thinners, correction fluid, glue, etc.) which,
when sniffed, huffed, or inhaled, produce an intoxicating effect. Lifetime and past-month inhalant use
percentages have been adjusted to reflect reported use of both specific inhalants and inhalant use
generally. This adjustment was made because some students responded positive to specific use without
responding positive to generic use, while some students responded positive to generic use but not
specific inhalants.

Experimental inhalant use among secondary students statewide reached a peak in 1992 (23 percent),
then dipped to 19 percent two years later, and stayed relatively flat through 1996 (20 percent). Past-
month use held steady at 5 percent throughout this period. A new trend may be emerging, however, as
lifetime use of inhalants inched back up to 22 percent in 1998 and 8 percent reported use of an inhalant
during the past month.

Overall, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD students, especially those in grades 7 and 8, were using inhalants in
1998 at rates somewhat lower than those reported by their counterparts statewide. These lower rates
of inhalant use were particularly prevalent among those GCISD students in grades 7 and 8.

Environment. One* percent of GCISD students reported most or all of their close friends use
inhalants (3 percent statewide), and 72* percent believe that inhalant use is "very dangerous" (76
percent statewide); rates lower than those indicated by students statewide (Fig. 15).

Use. Twenty percent of Grapevine-Colleyville students reported using inhalants at least once during
their lifetimes (22 percent statewide) (Fig. 1). The rates of lifetime inhalant use were lower than those
indicated by their counterparts statewide among district 7th grade students (19* percent/25 percent
statewide) and 8th grade students (19* percent/26 percent statewide). Nearly a quarter of GCISD 12th
graders (24* percent) said they had used an inhalant at least one time during their lives, a rate higher
than that indicated by 12th graders statewide (17 percent) (Fig. 7).

Six* percent of Grapevine-Colleyville ISD students said they had used inhalants during the past month
(8 percent statewide) (Fig. 2). Past-month inhalant use was lower than that reported by their peers
statewide among district 7th grade students (5* percent/11 percent statewide) and 8th grade students
(7* percent/11 percent statewide) (Fig. 8).

Eleven percent of GCISD students said they had used two or more different kinds of inhalant
substances during their lifetimes (12 percent statewide). The inhalant substances most frequently used
by Grapevine-Colleyville students were correction fluid/whiteout (9 percent/10 percent statewide),
those in the “other inhalants” category (8* percent/10 percent statewide), and liquid/spray paint (7*
percent/9 percent statewide). Five* percent of district students said they had inhaled paint thinner (6
percent statewide), 5* percent reported inhaling gasoline (5 percent statewide), 5 percent said they had
inhaled glue (5 percent statewide), and 3* percent reported inhaling substances in the "other sprays"
category (4 percent statewide) at least once during their lifetimes.

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Characteristics Associated With Drug Use

In the statewide survey, and with the notable exception of uppers, female students were somewhat less
likely to have used an illicit drug than were male students. In the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, there were
no significant differences by gender with regard to the use of tobacco products, alcohol, inhalants,
marijuana, or other illicit substances.

Drug and Alcohol Information

The influence of drug education programs may be reflected in students' attitudes toward the use of
specific substances reported above. Nearly two-thirds of Grapevine-Colleyville ISD students (64
percent) said they had gotten information about drugs and alcohol from a school source since classes
began in the Fall (65 percent statewide). “An assembly program” was reported by 53 percent of district
students as a source for information about drugs and alcohol (51 percent statewide). Forty* percent of
GCISD students said the source for information about drugs and alcohol was a “health class” (49
percent statewide), and 37* percent reported getting this information from an “invited school guest”
(42 percent statewide); rates lower than those indicated by students statewide.

When asked where they would go for help with a drug or alcohol problem, the largest percentage of
Grapevine-Colleyville students said they would seek help from their friends, at a rate (80* percent)
higher than that indicated by their peers statewide (75 percent). Fifty-nine percent of district students
said they would turn to their parents for such help (58 percent statewide). Fifty-six* percent of GCISD
students said they would seek help from an adult friend or relative for help with a drug or alcohol
problem, compared to the 61 percent indicated by students statewide. District students are least likely
to seek help for a drug or alcohol problem from another adult in school, such as a teacher or nurse (24*
percent/32 percent statewide), or a counselor or program in school (26* percent/34 percent statewide);
rates lower than those indicated by students statewide (Fig. 17).

Since school began in the Fall, 5* percent of Grapevine-Colleyville students reported seeking help for
any problems connected with alcohol or drug use from someone other than family or friends (7 percent
statewide).

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